Will base rings ever be official again?

Ghost of Pariah · Post by **Ghost of Pariah** » Wed Mar 05, 2003 8:46 pm

Well using an example from another thread what ring goes on the AG 2 saurus with block, break tackle and catch?

Green for Blocker or Purple for Runner?

What color ring goes on the Dwarf Runner with Block, ST 4 and Mighty Blow?

Purple, White or Red?

Snew · Post by **Snew** » Wed Mar 05, 2003 8:49 pm

Green on the Saurus and Purple on the Runner, assuming that's what color you paint your runner's rings.

They're still a Blocker and a Runner, after all.

Grumbledook · Post by **Grumbledook** » Wed Mar 05, 2003 8:49 pm

they would all have green ;]

phil · Post by **phil** » Wed Mar 05, 2003 8:51 pm

and like i said earlier, it's ridiculous to think like this because experience doesn't change the position the model starts with.... and in my opinion, the rings make it easier to track these abberations than not having rings... if i need to remember which dwarf runner is the skull-crusher, it's easier to keep him in my mental picture when i'm remembering which of two clearly visible players he is than which of 11 players he is... base rings make exceptional players easier to track because it narrows the options for which he was in the first place... it would be a better argument to say that you have 6 linemen with 1 skill each and no skill repeated and what good are baserings then, because that's the only time when your nondescript chesspawn approach is no more or less effective than base-rings...

phil · Post by **phil** » Wed Mar 05, 2003 8:52 pm

and for the record, i paint my runners orange

Ghost of Pariah · Post by **Ghost of Pariah** » Wed Mar 05, 2003 8:54 pm

I guess that's the difference.

It's just a brain operation thing. Your's works differently than mine.

Grumbledook · Post by **Grumbledook** » Wed Mar 05, 2003 8:55 pm

ok but are saruas blockers or blitzers, cause they have low ag, but higher movement than a normal blocker

paint them all green keep things simple, player numbers keep them seperate fine tbh

phil · Post by **phil** » Wed Mar 05, 2003 8:58 pm

i've never painted a lizard team, so i havn't had to make that decision, but i'd make them either linemen or blockers... the skinks seem to be inclined to be catchers (or runners if you expand the options), and i'm not sure i'm ready for a team without _any_ grey bases....

at teh end of the day, i'd probably make them blockers... but if you showed up with them as blitzers, or as linemen, i wouldn't care, as long as teh players who aren't saurus have something else and the saurus aren't something ridiculous like throwers or catchers...

Snew · Post by **Snew** » Wed Mar 05, 2003 8:58 pm

Pariah wrote:It's just a brain operation thing.

I dont' want either one of you operating on MY brain.

ZanzerTem · Post by **ZanzerTem** » Wed Mar 05, 2003 8:59 pm

It amazes me that this thread is still going

I just look at a roster if I think that anyone has a game-winning skill that I need to worry about. Color coded rings remind me of playing Madden on PS2 "PASS TO RED! PASS TO RED!!"

Joshua Dyal · Post by **Joshua Dyal** » Mon Mar 24, 2003 8:15 pm

Blech! Just make sure your models are differentiated enough.

My orc team, for instance, which is 100% converted from WHFB (and a few 40k parts thrown in for fun) has lineorcs as simple guys with no shoulder pads or anything else distinguishing. Blitzers all have two shoulder pads and burna boy "face-mask" heads. Throwers all look like linemen with a ball in one hand and a burna-boy "goggles" face. Black orcs are all nobs, so they're significantly bigger (and blacker) than the other orcs. Goblins are, of course, goblins, and the same for big guys.

So far, nobody has ever gotten confused about which player is which position.

I have also had numbers (although currently they're all painted over) which is really better for identifying which model has advances. My normal opponents even do that by "dead reckoning" on the actual model, though.

Dark Lord (retired) · Post by **Dark Lord (retired)** » Wed Mar 26, 2003 6:33 am

snotsngrots wrote:Green on the Saurus and Purple on the Runner, assuming that's what color you paint your runner's rings.

They're still a Blocker and a Runner, after all.

Are they? The Saurus sounds like a runner to me. He doesn't look like a blocker, that's for sure!

Joshua Dyal · Post by **Joshua Dyal** » Wed Mar 26, 2003 1:32 pm

Saurus doesn't look like a blocker?

What else would he be, with a stat-like like 5 4 1 9?

Skummy · Post by **Skummy** » Wed Mar 26, 2003 1:37 pm

6 4 1 9, but yeah. No ball handling ability at all. The only time I've seen them carry is when the ball is kicked out of bounds or they catch a bouncing ball on a 6.

Joshua Dyal · Post by **Joshua Dyal** » Wed Mar 26, 2003 1:39 pm

D'oh! I typed it, and was thinking to myself "wait, are they MA 5 or 6?" and I took a guess. Still, even if you can run decently (MA6 certainly qualifies) you can't be a runner if you can't pick up the ball.

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